Chapter 37: Reaching Out
The sunny and fragrant Peach Blossom Street has beautiful scenery. In the waiting area set up outside the treasure building, there are rich girls and officials with beautiful faces and exquisite costumes.
A little girl in shabby clothes was walking through the waiting area, singing and begging, and her appearance seemed out of place with the women in the waiting area.
Su Su looked around and fixed her gaze on the little girl, she felt that the little girl who sang was too thin, as if a gust of wind could blow the little girl away. The women of those rich and noble families seemed to be very indifferent to the little girl, and at this time, the two sisters of Najia Mansion played the little girl so badly, but no one stood up to stop it. They all showed an attitude of indifference, which couldn't help but make Su Su frown slightly. The waiting area was surrounded by ordinary people, and many people were talking about the bad behavior of the two sisters in Jiafu.
"You are casually bullying a little girl at the door of the treasure building, do you take the treasure building in your eyes?" Su Su looked at the two sisters of Jiafu and their servants, and said in a cold tone in a voice that everyone present could hear. A cold aura was released around her body, and almost no one dared to raise their eyes to look at her in shock.
"I ...... I just saw that she seemed to be hungry and was about to collapse, and kindly asked her to eat something. Jia Ruyun felt the cold aura exuded by Su Su, and couldn't help but be surprised, and secretly screamed in her heart that something was not good, and she couldn't speak smoothly when she had always been sharp-tongued.
Jia Ruyun never expected that she was just playing a little pariah as usual, but she was hated by Su Su, the boss of Jubaolou. Since Su Su appeared in Qingxi City, it didn't take long to build the largest, most gold-absorbing, and most popular shop in the city, and it has become the focus of the people in the city after tea and dinner. It's just that Su Su usually acts very low-key, and those dignitaries who want to get closer to her can't do it, so she is even more mysterious in everyone's eyes. Jia Zhenjing once warned one of his goddaughters to find a way to make friends with Su Su, and if not, at least not to be hostile to her. But now she seems to have offended Su Su unintentionally, if her father knows, she will have to deal with it by family law, in addition to being fined for one month, not allowed to leave Jiafu, and having to deduct two months of pocket money. The more Jia Ruyun thought about it, the more frightened she became, her face turned white, red and white. Thinking around, secretly trying to find a way to remedy it.
"Miss Jia, I don't want to take care of your family's chores, but if I see you bullying the old and weak again in the future, I will never give up. Jubaolou will not entertain everyone in Jiafu today, please go back. Su Su ignored Jia Ruyun's explanation of opening his eyes and talking nonsense, and didn't look at Jia Ruyun's ever-changing face like a palette, and said lightly to Jia Mansion and others.
Jia Ruyun and the others couldn't help but be shocked when they heard Su Su's words, Jia Yanyun, who was still young, heard this, his face was very ugly, and he was about to make a fuss, Jia Ruyun hurriedly pulled her sleeve on the side, signaling her not to say more.
Several aunts in Jiafu didn't dare to offend Su Su, and they also knew that Jia Ruyun and Jia Yanyun were too much, so they hurriedly apologized to the little girl, and the group from Jiafu went home.
There were bursts of applause from the crowd of onlookers around them, in the past, the tricky and willful young ladies in Jiafu had bullied the ordinary people of Qingxi City, and just now Su Su could be regarded as giving them a sigh of relief.
When the group of Jiafu walked away, the onlookers gradually dispersed. The waiting area was quiet again, with only the occasional woman or two whispering conversations.
"Thank you so much just now, otherwise ......," the little girl said to Su Su gratefully. Before the little girl could finish speaking, her stomach rumbled.
"Don't be so polite, little girl, come into the store with me and rest for a while, I think you're really hungry too." Su Su said to the little girl with a smile.
The little girl glanced at Su Su in embarrassment, and then looked at the crowd that had not completely dispersed on the side. Su Su followed her line of sight, and saw that the little girl's line of sight was an old woman about forty years old, dressed in shabby clothes with coarse cloth and white flowers on a blue background, looking very thin, as if a layer of skin was wrapped in bones. At this time, the old woman's pleated face was full of worry.
"Who is this......? Is she with you? Su Su asked suspiciously.
The little girl hurriedly nodded her head, and Su Su instantly understood.
"In that case, then you can come in together for a meal, have a good rest, and tell me if you have any difficulties." Su Su said as she warmly picked up the little girl and the old woman into the store to rest.
The little girl looked at the old woman again, and the little girl's stomach rumbled again. She blushed in embarrassment and pressed her hand against her stomach. The old woman nodded to her and walked into the store with Su Su, the little girl smiled sweetly, and happily followed the old woman into the treasure building.
Su Su led them into an elegant private room and instructed Wang Zijun, who had been following him just now, to serve some of the store's specialties. Wang Zijun nodded and left, and after a while, Xiao Er brought up a plate of delicious food with good color and aroma.
When the little girl saw the food on the table, her eyes instantly lit up, like a docile deer, and she looked very cute.
"Look? Eat it while it's hot, these are our treasure house specialties, and they taste very good. Su Su said to the little girl and the old woman with a smile, she picked up the chopsticks on the table, sandwiched a chopstick dish for the little girl and the old woman, and made a gesture of please.
"That...... Sister fairy, although they look delicious, they are expensive, right? I don't have any money for you, so I still don't eat it. The little girl reluctantly looked at the delicacies on the table and whispered to Su Su. She originally thought that Su Su would bring out some coarse tea and light rice to entertain them, but now seeing such a large table of her delicious food, the little girl couldn't help but think that Su Su was just playing with them like the previous Miss Jiafu.
"Oh? So you're worried about this, huh? Don't worry, I invite you to eat these meals, and you don't have to spend money. Hurry up and eat, some dishes won't taste good when they're cold. Su Su showed a bright smile and said to the little girl.
"Really? Thank you, Sister Fairy, then I'm welcome. The little girl was also happy, thanked Su Su, and then turned to her grandmother who was sitting on her right and said, "These are all invited by the fairy sister to eat, you are not well, eat more." ”
The old woman touched the little girl's head and smiled at Su Su very gratefully. The little girl gave the old woman a chopstick of perilla chicken and began to eat it herself.
Su Su heard that their hometown was a pastoral song far away from Qingxi City. The little girl's family does not have much land, and life is very poor, and acquaintances in the village introduced her parents to Wuqiaozhuang to mine, and they have not returned to their hometown for many years, only sending back a lot of gold coins every year. Because of the sudden drought in recent years, the little land in the family could not grow rice and vegetables, and many families starved to death, and the plague began to break out in the past. The old woman feared that if this continued, the little girl would starve to death or catch the plague, so she took what little money she had left, and took the little girl to Wuqiaozhuang to find her parents. It's just that the road is far away, and the little money they bring has long been used up, so they have no choice but to beg along the road.